MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Free-Living Amoeba act as transient permissive hosts for Leptospira spp.
Adriana Luga, Catherine Inizan, Eva Meunier…·Roman Thibeaux
This study shows free-living amoebae internalize and transiently host both pathogenic and saprophytic Leptospira without replication, contributing to their environmental persistence.
DOI 10.64898/2026.03.16.712017